Build Your Family Law Career at Turco Legal
If you're looking for a place to practice family law alongside some of New England's most experienced divorce attorneys, receive meaningful mentorship, handle sophisticated cases, and build a long-term career with a growing regional firm, we'd love to meet you.
Turco Legal is seeking an Associate Family Law Attorney with 0 to 4 years of experience to join our Newburyport office. You'll work closely with partners and senior attorneys on complex family law matters while developing your own caseload and litigation skills. We believe the best family lawyers are developed through mentorship, collaboration, meaningful responsibility, and continuous learning, and we've intentionally built our firm around those principles.
Unlike firms where new attorneys spend years observing from the sidelines, our associates receive meaningful responsibility early in their careers while always having experienced attorneys available for guidance, strategy, and support. You'll learn from attorneys who have collectively handled thousands of family law matters, including complex financial divorces, high-conflict custody disputes, Hague Convention cases, family law appeals, guardianships, and other sophisticated litigation.
Responsibilities
- Represent clients in a variety of family law matters, including divorce, child custody, child support, alimony, modifications, contempt actions, guardianships, name changes, and related Probate and Family Court proceedings.
- Manage a growing caseload appropriate to your experience and level of development.
- Support partners and senior attorneys in complex litigation.
- Prepare for and appear at court hearings, case management conferences, pretrial conferences, depositions, mediations, and other proceedings.
- Perform legal research and prepare memoranda.
- Draft pleadings, motions, discovery requests, discovery responses, correspondence, and settlement agreements.
- Develop case strategy in collaboration with supervising attorneys.
- Work closely with experienced paralegals and legal assistants to efficiently manage your cases.
- Provide compassionate, responsive, and practical legal counsel to clients during difficult periods in their lives.
Minimum Qualifications
Please apply only if you meet the following minimum qualifications:
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school.
- Licensed to practice law and in good standing in Massachusetts.
- Zero to four years of legal experience with the intention of building a long-term career in Massachusetts family law.
- Strong legal research, writing, analytical, and advocacy skills.
- Excellent organizational and time management abilities.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and modern legal technology.
- Reliable transportation.
- Willingness to work in our Boston office approximately two to three days per week while benefiting from a flexible hybrid work environment.
Preferred Qualifications
The following are not required but would be considered a plus:
- Experience handling family law matters.
- Judicial clerkship or internship in Probate and Family Court.
- Experience with litigation or courtroom advocacy.
- Financial coursework or experience involving business valuations, compensation structures, forensic accounting, or other complex financial issues.
- Experience using practice management software.
- Fluency in Spanish or another language commonly spoken by our clients.
- A demonstrated interest in building a long-term career with the firm.
What You Can Expect at Turco Legal
When you join Turco Legal, you can expect:
- Meaningful mentorship from experienced family law attorneys.
- Billable hour credit for qualifying training and professional development.
- Early responsibility with appropriate guidance and supervision.
- A collaborative team that enjoys working together and supporting one another.
- Highly experienced paralegals and legal assistants who help you deliver exceptional client service.
- Modern technology and systems that allow you to focus on practicing law rather than administrative work.
- Ongoing opportunities for professional growth, leadership, and advancement.
- A realistic pathway toward Senior Attorney and Partner for attorneys who demonstrate excellence.
About Turco Legal
Turco Legal is a growing divorce and family law firm serving clients throughout Massachusetts and New Hampshire. We focus exclusively on family law, allowing our attorneys to develop deep subject matter expertise while handling sophisticated litigation involving complex financial issues, difficult custody disputes, business valuations, family law appeals, Hague Convention matters, and other challenging cases.
Our attorneys are supported by an experienced team of paralegals, legal assistants, and administrative professionals who work collaboratively to deliver exceptional client service. We continually invest in technology, professional development, and operational excellence so our legal professionals can focus on practicing law.
We are equally committed to improving access to justice. Through our Justice for All Program, we provide reduced-fee legal services to qualifying individuals who otherwise could not afford experienced family law representation. We are also proud to donate 10% of our firm's profits to Lawyers for Civil Rights, reflecting our commitment to strengthening the rule of law and protecting civil rights.
Whether serving our clients, mentoring future attorneys, or expanding throughout New England, our goal remains the same: to build one of the region's premier family law firms while creating an exceptional place for talented legal professionals to build meaningful careers.
Benefits
- Competitive salary with robust performance incentives.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance with premiums paid 100% by the firm.
- 401(k) with employer matching.
- Paid time off.
- Professional development and CLE support.
- Employer-paid parking at all firm offices.
- Flexible hybrid work environment.
- Referral bonus program.
- Life insurance.
- Opportunity for long-term advancement and partnership consideration.
Interested candidates should submit a résumé through Indeed. We welcome applicants who are excited about building a long-term career in family law and contributing to a collaborative, high-performing team.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $100,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Newburyport, MA 01950
